He was 2 hours late in NJ, Casper was there. He will be here to throw in his 2 cents.
Then that's messed up. He should've gotten to the area much earlier in the day to plan ahead for traffic. That's a Scott Weiland (and/or his camp) fail.
He signed until the obligated 10 pm. Which covered anyone in the penned in area.
You said your friend was at the back and he got through everyone......if he managed to sign every book and still leave by 10pm then yes I agree it shouldn't have taken so long to hit the stage, but that doesn't give the answer WHY it took so long. There could be a mixture of legitmite reasons in there. You wanna string him up that's fine...we have different patience threshholds.
He played what...10 songs? On what planet is that a "full set"??
I don't count by songs. I counted by length of entertainment. They played just about an hour and a half I think (longer than some recent STP shows I've seen and heard of). Some songs turned into jams which takes up time. The impromptu beatles & roadhouse segments (not sure if they were planned or not, but they seemed pretty improvised). And the personalization of introing songs with stories and relation to how it ties into him. Yea I consider that pretty full of a performance. And when was the last time you counted the # of songs on cds? Average, unfortunately enough, these days is a good 12 or 13.
and you find this acceptable? Maybe you should be my boss
For a rock star with a pretty legitimate "star" resume? Yes. For Scott, compared to some of the horrors of lateness (see PNC, or see NJ book signing) or cancellations (see getting busted in NY)...absolutely. For you or my dayjob which isn't being a rock star, no. Legitimate Rock stars don't have bosses reading their punch cards. It's part of the territory. His punishment though is having to pay for playing past curfew, and having to hear bitching & moaning as feedback (if any makes it back to him). I highly doubt he enjoyed coming on stage and getting booed for 3 straight songs. Perhaps it will sink in for next time, just like PNC sunk in and they paid it back with a killer Jones Beach set. Perhaps not.
Not many, they were streaming out.
I saw atleast 2 large groups of Jersey Shore outcasts leaving early too, bitching that there weren't STP songs. Just because you and some others left for transportation, doesn't mean everyone who left did for the same reason. And sweety, no one made you choose the train at 1 over the early AM train. That was your decision. But the venue was still very much crowded at the end of the show.
vocal exercises in the limo is a possibility?
okay well I for one thought his vocals were off for the first couple of songs, so I doubt he did any warmups prior to hitting stage, but as a possibility, I actually think its a fair statemtn from whoever mentioned it. In the sense that it could've taken up 5-10 minutes of an hour delay. Do I think it's likely? No. Of the many possibilities that have been mentioned in this thread, do I think all (or even most) are likely? No. But can any of them be possible? For the most part yes. So I won't just pass full judgement and take it as a full on slight from Scott to me.
Don't worry hun, you can still keep on believing the sunshines out of his ass.
I am absolutely a huge fan of Scott Weiland's art. Scott Weiland in many of his personal actions and decisions....Not whatsoever. I absolutely know he can do wrong and know he's messed up plenty of times. But I don't go around expecting any celebrity to be dead on time. I don't know the life of a celebrity, or schedule of one. But I assume one who has a solo career, a band career, a book schedule, interview schedule, likely other industry meetings (label, mgmt, etc), is even trying to build a fashion career, a family life, and some need for personal time at some point (whether for good or bad) might have a pretty friggin crazy lineup to attend to. So on this day, in NYC, for 40 minutes? Yeah, I'm cutting a little slack.
Ask the folks from the NJ signing if they would've taken 40 minutes? I'm sure as hell they'd settle for 40 minutes compared to what they had. Again......Fair? No. The way it is? Yes. Tailor certain expectations accordingly. otherwise I'd say you're the one with the blinders. How does it go? "Fool me once....."
